Abstract: A display apparatus with a light-weight power providing unit that can be easily incorporated within an acceptable fastening-error range is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, a backlight assembly that provides the display panel with light, a rear cover that is coupled to the backlight assembly and has a guide unit formed thereon, wherein the guide unit protrudes from a bottom surface of the rear cover by a predetermined height, and a top-receiving container that has an inner space to receive the display panel and the backlight assembly and that is combined with the rear cover. There is also a power providing unit that provides the backlight assembly with driving power. The power providing unit is coupled to the rear cover at a position guided by the guide unit.

Abstract: A lamp fixing member includes a first body part and a second body part. The first body part includes at least one first lamp fixing portion disposed on an upper surface of the first body part. The second body part is slidably combined with the first body part. The second body part includes a second lamp fixing portion being combined with the first lamp fixing portion and defining a space through which a lamp is inserted to be fixed.

Abstract: A lamp fixing member includes a body portion, a lamp fixing portion and an upper supporting plate. The lamp fixing portion is disposed on the upper surface of the body portion and has a groove for fixing a lamp. The upper supporting plate is combined with the lamp fixing portion and fixes an upper portion of the lamp. The lamp fixing portion includes a combining portion for being combined with the upper supporting plate. The supporting plate and lamp fixing portion may be formed of a silicone material. Therefore, the efficiency of lamp assembly is enhanced by automated assembly process and a display quality is enhanced by reducing temperature deviation in the lamp fixing portion. The lamp fixing portion may further include a lower supporting plate combined with the lamp fixing portion to fix a lower portion of the lamp.

Abstract: A light guiding plate capable of minimizing a thickness of a backlight assembly and an LCD device, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The light guiding plate has a light incident surface, a light reflection surface having a plurality of dots for diffusing and reflecting the light emitted from the light incident surface and a light output surface having a predetermined roughness and further diffusing the light diffused and reflected by the light reflection surface. Thus, a conventional diffusion sheet disposed above the light guiding plate may be removed.

Abstract: An LCD device has scratch-resistant property without using a protection sheet and can provide enhanced brightness. The LCD device includes a light path regulating member. The member includes a first prism sheet having first prisms of which apex has a round shape. The first prism sheet concentrates light supplied from a lamp to output the concentrated light. An anti-glare polarizing plate uniformly polarizes polarized planes of the concentrated light and provides the polarized light to the lower substrate. The anti-glare polarizing plate is arranged below the lower substrate of an LCD panel, and an uppermost prism sheet of optical sheets is non-matte-treated and has round-treated apexes. In spite of the absence of the protection sheet, the scratch-resistant property of the uppermost prism sheet and the brightness of the LCD panel may be enhanced.

Abstract: A backlight assembly for an LCD apparatus comprises a lamp emitting light; a light guide plate including a light-entering surface through which the light from the lamp enters, and a light-emitting surface through which the light is emitted; a lamp reflector having an opening toward the light-entering surface and combined to the light guide plate, accommodating and covering the lamp; and a light interceptive part interposed between the light-emitting surface and the lamp reflector, and preventing the light from the lamp from entering through an edge at which the light-entering surface and the light-emitting surface are intersected. With this configuration, the present invention provides a backlight assembly for an LCD apparatus, which is improved in preventing a bright-line occurring on a front area adjacent to a light-entering surface of a light guide plate and in enhancing the brightness.

Abstract: A light guiding plate capable of minimizing a thickness of a backlight assembly and an LCD device, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The light guiding plate has a light incident surface, a light reflection surface having a plurality of dots for diffusing and reflecting the light emitted from the light incident surface and a light output surface having a predetermined roughness and further diffusing the light diffused and reflected by the light reflection surface. Thus, a conventional diffusion sheet disposed above the light guiding plate may be removed.

Abstract: In a flat panel display device, a display panel for displaying an image is disposed on a mold frame and supported by a metal clip coupled to the mold frame. The metal clip includes a first coupling portion coupled to an upper surface of the mold frame, a second coupling portion coupled to a lower surface of the mold frame, a connecting portion for connecting the first and second coupling portions and a guiding portion upwardly extended from the connecting portion so as to guide and support the display panel. Accordingly, the flat panel display device can have a reduced size and an enhanced assemblability.

Abstract: An illuminating apparatus for improving brightness of light, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The LCD device includes a backlight unit having a lamp for emitting a first light, a light guiding plate for guiding the first light, and a lamp reflector disposed adjacent to the lamp to partially cover the lamp and receiving the first light exited from the lamp, the lamp reflector having a plurality of protrusion portions for diffusing and reflecting the received first light to generate a second light; and a display unit for displaying images in response to the second light, the display unit having a lower substrate, an upper substrate opposite to the lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower and the upper substrates.

Abstract: In a flat panel display device, a display panel for displaying an image is disposed on a mold frame and supported by a metal clip coupled to the mold frame. The metal clip includes a first coupling portion coupled to an upper surface of the mold frame, a second coupling portion coupled to a lower surface of the mold frame, a connecting portion for connecting the first and second coupling portions and a guiding portion upwardly extended from the connecting portion so as to guide and support the display panel. Accordingly, the flat panel display device can have a reduced size and an enhanced assemblability.

Abstract: The backlight assembly includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light source includes a plurality of light generating parts that generate a first light. The light guide plate includes side surfaces, a light exiting surface and a light reflecting surface. The light exiting surface has a plurality of luminance-compensating patterns. The light reflecting surface faces the light exiting surface. The first light enters into the light guide plate via the light incident surface to form a second light. The second light is reflected on the light reflecting surface toward the light exiting surface to form a third light. The third light exits from the light guide plate via the light exiting surface. The luminance-compensating patterns uniformize a luminance of the third light. A thickness of the light guide plate decreases in a direction from the light incident surface to a center of the light guide plate.

Abstract: An LCD module and LCD apparatus is provided capable of preventing a chassis from being damaged by an external impact and reducing a number of parts of an LCD apparatus having the LCD module and a number of assembling processes. The LCD apparatus comprises a clip disposed between a receiving container and a chassis by a screw. The screw is engaged to the receiving container passing through the chassis and clip. The clip may be provided to opposite and portions of the receiving container to reinforce the strength of the chassis.

Abstract: A backlight assembly including a light guide plate having a plurality of side surfaces, a first lamp having a first lamp tube disposed adjacent to the plurality of side surfaces, first and second electrodes disposed at opposite end portions of the first lamp tube, a second lamp having a second lamp tube disposed adjacent to the plurality of side surfaces, third and fourth electrodes disposed at opposite end portions of the second lamp tube, the third and first electrodes being disposed adjacent to one another, and the fourth and second electrodes being disposed adjacent to one another, a connector for electrically connecting the first and third electrodes, and a power supply for supplying a first discharge voltage to the second electrode and a second discharge voltage to the fourth electrode, the first and second discharge voltages having a phase difference of 180° and a same voltage level.

Abstract: An LCD module and LCD apparatus is provided capable of preventing a chassis from being damaged by an external impact and reducing a number of parts of an LCD apparatus having the LCD module and a number of assembling processes. The LCD apparatus comprises a clip disposed between a receiving container and a chassis by a screw. The screw is engaged to the receiving container passing through the chassis and clip. The clip may be provided to opposite end portions of the receiving container to reinforce the strength of the chassis.

Abstract: A conductive member fixes an integrated PCB to a rear surface of a mold frame and electrically connects the PCB to a top chassis. The conductive member includes a body portion contacting a sidewall of the mold frame, a first wing portion extended from a first end of the body portion coupled with an upper surface of the sidewall of the mold frame, and a second wing portion extended from a second end of the body portion coupled with a rear surface of the integrated PCB. A distance between free ends of the wing portions is less than a distance between the first and second ends of the body portion, where the conductive member is at a free existing state without any external forced applied. A tension generated by a restoring force of the wing portions fixes the PCB with the mold frame without using a separate fixing member.

Abstract: A display unit includes a printed circuit board to provide a driving signal, a display panel having a thin film transistor substrate and a color filter substrate to display images at a display region in response to the driving signal, and a tape carrier package to provide a electrical connection between the printed circuit board and the thin film transistor, which is disposed at a bonding region of the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate each have first and second side peripheral regions disposed at opposite sides, respectively, of the display region, and are substantially symmetric with respect to a center of the display panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which an integrated printed circuit board is manufactured by integrating a circuit of a gate portion with a source portion and is located on the source side of the liquid crystal panel, and a flexible circuit board according to the COF method is provided on the gate side, and the flexible circuit board is supported towards a mold frame to reduce the area and the volume which is occupied by a portion except for a screen is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel, an integrated printed circuit board, a flexible circuit board for transferring a gate driving signal and a data driving signal to the liquid crystal display panel, and a mold frame for receiving the liquid crystal display panel and a back light assembly. A support member for supporting the flexible circuit board towards the mold frame is provided on one side of a chassis.

Abstract: A light guide device and a liquid crystal display module and a liquid crystal display device having the light-guide device that can minimize the flowing of a light guide plate received in a mold frame by improving the structure of the light guide plate of the liquid crystal display device. A light guide device for receiving a light from a lamp unit and guiding the light to a display unit for displaying an image has a catching jaw is formed by cutting off both corner portion of a first end portion to which the light from the lamp unit is inputted. The width of the first end portion including the catching jaw is wider than the width of a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. Therefore, the catching amount of a catching boss integrally formed with the mold frame and the catching jaw of the light guide plate is remarkably increased and the light guide plate is prevented from being flowed towards the lamp even when exterior impacts are applied to the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for guiding light, and a back light assembly and a liquid crystal display device having the device for guiding light for reducing a bright line appearing in a liquid crystal display panel. When the ridge of the prism light guide plate, which is disposed adjacent to the light incident face is formed round; when a shape of the lamp cover is transformed to cover an upper edge portion of the light guide plate; when the light-shielding member is attached on a region of the light luminance control member, that is disposed adjacent to the light incident face of the light guide plate; and when the light incident face of the light guide plate is disposed as far from a border of an active display region as possible, the bright line is reduced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a driver printed circuit board, a backlight assembly and a receiving container. The driver printed circuit board is electrically connected to the liquid crystal display panel to provide the liquid crystal display panel with the image date. The backlight assembly is disposed under the liquid crystal display panel. The receiving container has front side and back side. The front side supports the backlight assembly. First and second protrusion portions are formed on a backside to support the driver printed circuit board, such that the driver printed circuit board is spaced apart from the backside of the receiving container. Thus, a work for lifting up the data PCB to insert the digitizer into between the data PCB and the receiving container is not required, so that productivity is enhanced.